Confidence issue
Posted: August 20, 2009 at 3:15 a.m.
As a beginning rider, I once asked a race horse trainer for advice about my quarter horse, Rusty. When he'd freak out over, say, a windblown plastic bag, was he really afraid? The trainer said the horse was simply testing me and needed very firm handling.
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Editorial, Pages 13 on 08/20/2009
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